Anna M. Chiarelli

Research Interests

• Effectiveness of breast cancer screening tests
• Breast screening in high-risk women
• Clinical effects of delays on diagnosis
• Effectiveness of individualized breast screening
• Improvement in breast cancer risk stratification tools

Current Appointments

• Senior Scientist, Screening Program Design, Prevention and Cancer Control, Clinical Institutes and Quality Programs, Ontario Health
• Provincial Lead Scientist, Ontario Breast Screening Program, Ontario Health
• Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

Education and Credentials

• PhD, Epidemiology, University of Toronto
• MHSc, Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Toronto
• BSc, Biology, University of Toronto

Achievements

• First Prize Poster Award, International Cancer Screening Network Meeting, June 2015
• ACE (Achievement, Commitment, Excellence) Award for Cross Functional Teams, “Computed Radiography Mammography Replacement Project,” Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, 2013–14
• ACE (Achievement, Commitment, Excellence) Award for Cross Functional Teams, “Expansion of the Ontario Breast Cancer Screening Programs to women at high risk of breast cancers,” Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, 2011–2012
• Graduate Student Prize Paper Award, Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, June 1997
• A.H. Sellers PhD Fellowship, Cancer Care Ontario, 1991 to 1993

Skills and Experience

• Principles of epidemiology to design, conduct, and analyze population-based health service and evaluation research studies
• Breast cancer epidemiology, including incidence, mortality and trends
• Principles of organized cancer screening theory (lead time, selection bias), screening test characteristics (PPV, sensitivity) and strategies for data collection and management (use of appropriate databases, linkage to appropriate registries, classification of screening outcomes, quality control procedures)

Selected Publications